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Scoop: Trump wants tough new Air Force One paint job
Axios ^ | 12JUL18 | Mike Allen

Posted on 07/13/2018 7:18:19 PM PDT by vannrox

President Trump wants to update the paint job on the next version of Air Force One, ditching the iconic robin's-egg blue (which he calls a "Jackie Kennedy color") for a bolder, "more American" look.

The big picture: Trump rarely gets into the weeds of government negotiations. But he sat down in the Oval Office with Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg in February to personally hammer out the $4 billion deal for a pair of replacement 747s for use as Air Force One (the call sign for whatever Air Force plane the president is on).

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: af1; afone; airforce; airforceone; boeing; one; paint; trump
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To: CJ Wolf
Make it look like an old ww2 bomber with Melania as a pinup girl on the nose.

Yeah, but as soon as the democrats regain the presidency they'd replace Melania with Harriet Tubman as the pinup girl.

21 posted on 07/13/2018 7:36:00 PM PDT by Wissa ("Accidents don't happen to people who take accidents as a personal insult." - Michael Corleone)
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To: TaxPayer2000
P-40s, the original. Warhawks; flying tigers, with shark teeth nose art. You can’t make this $#,t up. 😎👍
22 posted on 07/13/2018 7:36:21 PM PDT by AFreeBird
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To: vannrox

Cover it with 1968-69 Ford candyapple red! I had a Fairlane and a Torino GT that color. (As well as 2 motorcycles I repainted..)


23 posted on 07/13/2018 7:36:35 PM PDT by W. (.44 Magnum. No further questions needed.)
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To: vannrox

some kind of steel/navy blue/white configuration.


24 posted on 07/13/2018 7:37:57 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: vannrox

I wholeheartedly agree. This one is wimpy. Outdated. Needs some Trump stylin’.


25 posted on 07/13/2018 7:39:21 PM PDT by tinamina
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To: vannrox

He’s gonna go for red white and blue. No question


26 posted on 07/13/2018 7:40:12 PM PDT by tinamina
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To: vannrox

A charging lion/tiger on the front, not the rotten fish eating eagle.


27 posted on 07/13/2018 7:41:58 PM PDT by Beagle8U (Liberals can kiss my bitter clingers!)
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To: 4Liberty

Garish


28 posted on 07/13/2018 7:45:50 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: vannrox

Yes, needs a MAGA update!


29 posted on 07/13/2018 7:47:49 PM PDT by Reno89519 (No Amnesty! No Catch-and-Release! Just Say No to All Illegal Aliens! Arrest & Deport!y)
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To: CodeToad

Or at least “We the people....”


30 posted on 07/13/2018 7:49:03 PM PDT by SERKIT ("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.......)
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To: The Antiyuppie
OK, I like Trump, but don’t touch the timeless Raymond Loewy design.

Agreed. The paint scheme of Air Force One has become a permanent fixture of Americana, and is recognized by people the world over.

Don't change it for any president.

31 posted on 07/13/2018 7:49:13 PM PDT by Windflier (Pitchforks and torches ripen on the vine. Left too long, they become black rifles.)
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To: tinamina

Id like to color it red and paint “Freedom Train” real big down the sides.

It needs exterior speakers. Big ones. And the stairs should be escalator... So The D can ride down smooth like when he announced his candidacy.


32 posted on 07/13/2018 7:49:35 PM PDT by Noamie
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To: vannrox

I immediately pictured a plane with stars, stripes and purple flames. And thought of Rodney Dangerfield. (No disrespect intended.)


33 posted on 07/13/2018 7:49:46 PM PDT by Spok ("What're you going to believe-me or your own eyes?" -Marx (Groucho) to sun spot6)
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To: vannrox

If allowed to do it, Obama would’ve painted the Koran on the plane.

Liberals would now put a hammer&sicle on it, for the Trump/Russian collusion which they’ve convinced their party members is the truth.

We republicans should insist that whenever a democrat president is elected, that AF1 be decorated with the face of their hero, namely, Karl Marx.


34 posted on 07/13/2018 7:50:38 PM PDT by adorno
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To: vannrox

I have always liked the words “United States of America” on the side. It boldly announces “We are Here!” wherever here is.


35 posted on 07/13/2018 7:50:52 PM PDT by bubbacluck (America 180)
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To: vannrox

I have seen AF-1 on several occasions and the sight of it impresses and a feeling of pride in our nation occurs instantly. Then, the question arises is why or where did they get that blue? On sale, cheaper or easier to maintain?
Why? The color should be the same as our Flag’s blue, not too heavy on any one of the Red, White or Blue but get rid of that Robin’s egg color, keep UNITED STATES OF AMERICA and no, the eagle doesn’t fit at all.

Had to repaint my Red White and Blue airplane once and the Red is a very expensive color, but we can afford it can’t we? Go for it America!


36 posted on 07/13/2018 7:52:14 PM PDT by BatGuano (You don't think I'd go into combat with loose change in my pocket, do ya?)
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To: vannrox

37 posted on 07/13/2018 7:53:45 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: vannrox

I love this guy. In just Suggesting this he knows will make the liberals just loose their freaking minds in outrage, thinking Monster truck paint job.

He so knows how to live rent free in the lefts big empty head, haha


38 posted on 07/13/2018 7:54:42 PM PDT by DanielRedfoot (Po Dunk)
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To: vannrox
The character on her shirt would work:


39 posted on 07/13/2018 7:55:38 PM PDT by Teflonic (tt)
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To: vannrox
RED WHITE BLUE STRIPES BOW TO STERN ON UPPER HALF.

METALLIC SPARKLING STARS SPRINKLED AT RANDOM.

Then the coup de gras includes a graphic on the bow sides:


40 posted on 07/13/2018 7:56:02 PM PDT by Hostage (Article V)
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